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No. 627,046. 1 Patented une n3, i399.

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GAME. (Apblication yled Jan. 4, 18g-8J 1N() Model.

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sPnernreAnIoN `forming pm or Lowers' man@ No. espece, dated June-13, 1899.

Application tiled January 4, 1898. Serial No. 685,581, (No modelJ To zLZL'w/tom/ t may concern,.-

le it known that I, CONRAD Bir'renxnnen, of No. 2 Reinoldstrassc, Cologne-entire Rhine, in the German Empire, have invented a new vand useful Improved Gaine, ot which the fol' lowing is a specification, reference being had twenty-four cards, and Fig. 4 is a lay-out of a pack of twenty-tive cards formed in accordance with my invention.

This invention relates to a combination gamein the forni of cards of board or other suitable material which owing .to its peculiar arran gement allows a. variety of games to be played therewith,.and is designed so that according to the rules under which the various games are `played-'they may require great in tellcctualfskill or ordinary attention, so as to suit all tastes and all classes.

In order that this invention may be better understood, I will new proceed to describe' the same with reference to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon. v

It will be seen from the drawings that the various letters ofthe alphabet are printed or otherwise `produced on the cards in such a manner that the vowels are distinguished from the consonants through different ornamental designs or they may be distinguished by different coloring in order that they may be more easily recognized bythe players when searching for letters to obtain a combi-nation to form `a word, as hereinafter described inv therulcs of the gaine. In the upper left-hand corner of eachy card the letter appearing on the latter is repeated on a reduced scale, so

that a number of cards may be held ,closely together without interfering with ease of inspection and sorting, and a number is'added which expresses the value ot' thezcard, as here inatter explained.

The card: `4 are pri n ted in halves,siniilar to socalled French playing-cards-L e., so that one half side of the face of the card is similar to the othcrhalf side of the card--in order to facilitate inspection and sorting of the cards. A complete pack comprises convenientlythe following cards All consonants are containedA twice in the pack. The five vowels, a, t/155 i, o, u, are cach contained three times, and diphthongs or modified vowels may beicontained once each. The point valueot' the various cards' is' suitably Varranged accordine to um following table; A 7, n e, o s, D5, d 10, F 6, G G, H 5, I 8, J 8,-K G, L 5, M 7,N 8 06,1" 4, Q 2, R 8, S 7, l 6, U 5, V 2, W 3,`X" l, Y l, Z 3.

According to the rules under which the. game is played a certain number of cards are used. The rules which are given hereinaftery are alternative and such that the game may be arranged forA any desired number-ot play-.1 ers. Any other similar rules may be 'adopted if desired. M" Laenge-AQ.; First rule: According to this rule the grime may be played by two or more players, and`r` one set of an alphabet is used-'z'. e., twentysix cards. According te the'nu-mber of the players one or more of these cards,"A prefer ably rare letters, such asX Q Y, are placed aside, so Athat the number of cards will divide equally between the players. lf there are twenty-six cards and there are` three, four, or six players, then two cards are used.y When thecards have been mixed and dealt, the first player plays a card-for instance, B'. The game is thatthe succeeding' players add a eardeach successively and endeavor-that by their card some noun informed with the cards on the table. v ln the formation ot' such noun the playerisnot bound to adhere to the orden iii-which the letters or cards have been played, but he may arrange the letters in any manner. The game may be rendered more diliioult or more easy according to the greater nr less minimum number of letters of which theword` is required to consist by previous mutual consent. When the player who can forni a word with the addition of his card has informed-the other players et' ihis'and has given proof thereof, as desired, and whenfthe other players agree that such word conforms A, tothe rule, previously laid down or agreed to, the player who has formed the werd can co/11` lect all the cards which have been piayed and use them in the continuation of the game.

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will be found convenient to confine the .rords to he formed to nouns, including those adapted from other-languages, and to exclude foreign languages.` It is elem' that the cou- ,ditiohs under which the gaine is played may be greatly varied, thus increasingr the interest in the gamefor inst' ance, su pposi ng there are four players, whom we will call lv and l, and ulio'play successively the following cards; i, X; 2, Q; 3, W; 4, l); l, Y; il, V; 3, Z; 4, O; l, R, the player will announce that he can forni the noun word before placing the card l on the table, supposing, of course, that four lettersare the minimum number of which a noun is permitted to be formed. The player then collects all the cards played and uses them in the eontinuntion of the gaine.

1 able when there are two players.

'vide equally between all the players.

Second rule: Under this rule, which is suitable for from two to five players, the follown ing cards are uscdz- Oneset of the whole alphabet, each vowel twice extra, and, further, about nine or ten of the more usual eonsonants extra. Of course the number of cards used will be calculated so that it will di- The player whose account first reaches a predetermined nu rubor-say, fifty oren eh nudi-ed has lst.

Third rule: The peek ifs-composed in the same manner as under Rule 2. This game is suitable for from two to sis; players and is played as follows: Each playerircceives at first five cardsand endeavdrstr.: 1 orin a word therewith containing at least four letters. lt

he can do this, he places the combined cardsin front of himself; otl'ierwise he throws all his cards to the reniainderof thcpaclf. Any cards 'not used in a combination are also thrown to the unused reinainderof thepaclr. The Whole of the cards not previously used 4in combinations are then dealt afresh, and lthese operations are eontin ucd until all cardsv .have .been used up' in comhii'iations, j points of the latter are then added together The and credited to the respective players who termed the combinations. '.llic player who can form a word of five letters receives a special credit or honor by doubling the total point value of the cards 'thus combined. lhe player Whose account reaches a al .first-saythrechundredmis tluwrrinner. if previously agreed, the accounts nv .wf settled according.; to the numbers of th :minis or six' cards met' he dcnitto enen .i .7 .u

ertain' l l l i l player, and the extra credit or honor is then accorded to any letters. f l

`Fourth rule: This game is su itable for from. three to eight players and is played with two' complete alphabetical sets4 of cards. The number of cards used of the two sets is also arranged so as to divide equally between the players.

word or Words containing six One set of cards is placed on the table faces upward, so that the cards form a square or other plane figure. The other set of cards is then equally divided between the players, care having been taken that the letters usefkin the one set correspond exactly with the other set. The-letters of the set lyingon the table are then read'otl. from the set on the table, places the card bearing auch leiter face downward on the card on the te.`

ble hearing such letter. The player who first disposes of his cards is the winnerof the deal. The other players are debited with the total pointvalueof the cards left in their hands. The player whose account reaeh'es'a certain predetermined number irst-say one hundred-is the loser of the game, or the acber ofv their points, if'previously agreed. Fifth rule: This rule is also applicable to two or more players and requires also anumber of cards which will divide equally bev tween the players. v been dealt, the player having the card 'A lVhen the cards have places this card on the table and calls out such lettori.;`w ifi' he happens to have one or more oil-th nnceeeding letters-4. e., B C in this case-he places them also n the table. As soon as the alphabetical succession Iis nte-.rruptedv he ceases and calls out again A The second player must say B, and if .he has not` that :letter he cannot play-a card. Then the third player says J2- In continu ing'the game whoever has the card bearing the letter falling to"l him plays such carde., places it on the table. The player who thus plays a card starts again afresh to call .,A, and the calling of the alphabetv goes points, iflpreriously agreed. It will be easily understood that these rules maybe greatly varied and others added. i

lVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of 'the 'United States, is-

A. pack or series of playing-cards bearing The other players are rdebitedwith.

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r.;.'hai'e not the cards `bearing the 9D counts may be settled according to the numf upon their faces the letters of the alphabet, In witness whereof l have hereunto set my the vowels being distinguished from the conhend in presence et' two Witnesses. sonants -by being represented in different 1 T -FT styles, as fr example Roman letters as com- C()1\'RAD BL TV1 GENBACH' 5 pared with Gothiga numeral being attached Witnesses:

to each letter to indicate its value, elibstan- WILLIAM XV. MADDEN, tially as described. J'. ll. WALDAPFE. 

